Review of early childhood parenting, education and health intervention programs for Indigenous children and families in Australia
Citation
AIHW
Jennifer Bowes and Rebekah Grace (for the Closing the Gap Clearinghouse) (2014) Review of early childhood parenting, education and health intervention programs for Indigenous children and families in Australia, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 March 2024.
APA
Jennifer Bowes and Rebekah Grace (for the Closing the Gap Clearinghouse). (2014). Review of early childhood parenting, education and health intervention programs for Indigenous children and families in Australia. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Jennifer Bowes and Rebekah Grace (for the Closing the Gap Clearinghouse). Review of early childhood parenting, education and health intervention programs for Indigenous children and families in Australia. AIHW, 2014.
Vancouver
Jennifer Bowes and Rebekah Grace (for the Closing the Gap Clearinghouse). Review of early childhood parenting, education and health intervention programs for Indigenous children and families in Australia. Canberra: AIHW; 2014.
Harvard
Jennifer Bowes and Rebekah Grace (for the Closing the Gap Clearinghouse) 2014, Review of early childhood parenting, education and health intervention programs for Indigenous children and families in Australia, AIHW, Canberra.
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This paper provides a review of prevention and early intervention research literature on improving outcomes for Australian Indigenous children in the early childhood years. It focusses on 3 key areas of early childhood research: parenting, early childhood education, and early childhood health.
Part of Closing the Gap Clearinghouse.
- ISSN: 2201-845X
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-535-4
- Cat. no: IHW 116
- Pages: 30
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Childhood inequalities mean lifelong discrepancies in health, wellbeing and achievement for Indigenous people
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Parenting programs that had skills training for Indigenous parents had positive outcomes for parents and their children
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Ad-hoc Indigenous programs with the assumption that it will be relevant to all Indigenous communities do not work
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Positive outcomes included programs targeting particular disorders and diagnoses